Clothes wringer attachment



March 10, 1936. RANSLEY 2,033,254.

CLOTHES WRINGER ATTACHMENT Filed Aug. 1, 1934 Inventor IJII Patented Mar. 10, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention appertains tonew and useful improvements in washing machines and. more particularly to an attachment for wringers whereby clothes will be prevented from winding around the rolls in the operation of being wrung.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide an attachment for washing machine wringers which can be readily applied to conventional wringers without altering the construction thereof.

Another important object of the present invention is to' provide a wringer attachment for preventing the winding of clothes on the wringer rolls which in construction is simple and such as to permit the manufacture thereof at a very low cost.

These and numerous other important objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader of the following specification.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through a conventional wringer mount showing the present invention in side elevation.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the attachment separated from the wringer.

Referring to the drawing wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen that, in Figure 1, numeral 5 rep-resents the usual pressure roll while numeral 6 represents the drive or power roll, the same having the shank extension I for connection at B with the usual drive means (not shown).

Numeral 9 represents a frame for the wringer which is provided with a bridge portion I6 through which the feed screw II is adjustable to regulate the tension of the spring I2 for the pressure roll 5. This spring I2 is elongated as shown in Figure 1 and bears against the bearing blocks I3I3 for the pintle ends of the roll 5.

In carrying out the present invention, it is the intention to provide stops on the rolls whereby clothes will be prevented from winding on the rolls to the end that damage to the rolls and injury to the fingers of the operator will be entirely eliminated.

In Figure 3 numeral I4 generally refers to the upper stop, while numeral I5 generally refers to the lower stop. The upper stop is of the same con.- struction as that shown for the lower stop, each consisting of a dovetail shaped rib merging with inclined top walls Il-I'I terminating at their longitudinal edges in depending parallel side walls I8-I8. The difierence between the stop I4 and the stop I5 is that the stop I5 is provided with openings I9 in the opposite walls of the dovetail shaped rib I6 at the opposite ends thereof for receiving the lower terminals (11-11 of the straps 20. These straps extend over the rib I6 of the stop I 4 and arch outwardly and extend downwardly to have their terminals disposed into and bent backwardly through the openings I9 in the rib I6 of the lower stop I5.

To retain the upper stop I4 in place, a slide for each end thereof is provided. This slide consists of an elongated plate 2| having downwardly converging flanges 22-23 which are capable of snugly hugging the side walls of the rib I6. These flanges 2222 are located adjacent one end of the plate 2 I at which end an extension is provided which is bent upwardly and downwardly to provide a handle 23.

It will be observed that, with the flanges 22-22 engaging the rib I6 of the upper stop I4, these sliding retainers can be slid so that the plates 2| are engaged between the ends of the spring I2 and the corresponding bearing blocks I3 as shown in Figure 1. Thus the upper stop I4 is retained in place and with the use of the bands 20 the lower stop I5 is firmly retained against the lower or power roll 6. Thus clothes will be prevented from winding around the rolls as they will be deflected by the stops I4 and I5.

The stops I4 and I 5 serve effectively to prevent clothes from winding around the rolls and it is further understood that this construction can be modified in various respects to adapt the same to various other types of washing machine wringers.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size, and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and. scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

What is claimed is: 4

1. In combination, a wringer provided with a pair of coacting rolls, a blade for engaging each of the rolls to prevent clothes from winding thereon, and spring strap members connecting the upper blade with the lower blade to hold the same 4 against the rolls.

2. In a wringer having a pair of rolls, one of the rolls, being journaled in slidable bearing blocks, and having spring means pressing against the bearing blocks to force the rolls together, a strip- 5 per blade having its edge resting on one of the rolls and members slidably connected to the stripper blade and projecting between the spring means and the bearing blocks to hold the stripper blade in place. 5

HARRY CONDOR RANSLEY. 

